Tag Archive: Leadership Development

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Forget about being noticed. Just become scary good at what you do. Image of a child with vampire teeth.

How to Become Scary Good

The vampire at my doctor’s office loves Halloween. She has a full-length bloody Halloween poster on her door.

She’s scary good at her job. She finds a vein, sucks my blood, and I don’t feel a thing.

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The best way to avoid failure is to imagine it. Leadership quote.

Avoid Failure by Imagining It

Certainty blinds you.

You need confidence to lead, but your best idea might be a mistake.

Avoid failure by imagining it.

Discover four practical ways to spot trouble, challenge assumptions, and prevent mistakes before they happen.

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The collision of confusion and curiosity leads to insight. Image of a smiling person in a bumper car.

How to Turn Curiosity into Insight

Curiosity is dangerous to stale thinking.

It unsettles assumptions, exposes blind spots, and makes easy answers uncomfortable.

Wise leaders don’t use questions to sound smart. They use curiosity to inspire insight.

Here are: 7 Ways to Inspire Insight with Curiosity

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A genius just knows. Image of a minion holding a wrench on a computer keyboard.

You Must be a Genius

You might be a genius and not know it.

Sometimes you can’t explain what you know—you just do it.

Here’s how one leader discovered his hidden genius.

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Intelligence doesn’t eliminate bias. It makes you better at defending stupid decisions. Image of a "genius" at a chalkboard.

4 Biases Behind Stupid Decisions

Intelligence doesn’t eliminate bias. It makes you better at defending stupid decisions.

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Work less. Success is measured by what you stop doing. Image of a loaded pack mule.

4 Ways to Work Less

Sincerity sweats when others rest. Aspiration keeps you working when teams go home. Kindness carries weight others should carry.

Virtues become liabilities when they make you indispensable.

Go further faster when you learn to put weight on others.

Work less. Multiplication beats exhaustion.